Improvement in hydrocarbon-burners



1. STRATTON.

Hydrocarbon Burner.

Patented March 20, 1866.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

JAMES STRATTON, OF PHILADELPHIA, ASSIGNOB TO HIMSELF, G. Gr. EVANS, OFPHILADELPHIA, PA., AND D. W. RIDDLE, OF MANCHESTER, N. H.

IMPROVEMENT IN HYDROCARBON-BURNERS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES STRATTON, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new andImproved Hydrocarbon-Burner; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear., and exact description of the nature, construction, andoperation of the same, sut'icient to enable one skilled in the art towhich it appertains to construct and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which are made part of this specilication,and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section of a burner illustrating myinvention at x w, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the sameatyy, Fig. l.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral figures.

The subject of my invention is a self-generating burner to be used withn aphtha or other light hydrocarbon oils, for which purpose I employ avertical supply-pipe descending from above, and when in operationsurrounded or enveloped by a cylindrical or other hollow ame, which byheating the said supply-pipe generates gas from the hydrocarbon liquiddescending therein.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a supply-pipe leading from areservoir located at a safe and convenientdistance, and which may beprotected by wire-gauze or other customary appliance, to prevent thepossible communication of name with its contents. B is the verticalsupply-pipe forming part of my invention and communicating with the pipeA -through an aperture, a, controlled by a cock or regulator, O, ot' anysuitable construction. The lower end of the vertical pipe B communicateswith the hollow arms D D, which are here shown curving upward, but maybe straight and horizontal, and should be four in number. From thehollow arms D the gas passes into a horizontal hollow ring, E,pert'orated with apertures ee e, to produce acircular range ot' smalljets unitingin a cylindrical flame on similar principle to the Argandgasburner. The said dame surrounds the pipe B and communicates theretothe heat necessary to generate gas for its own supply. While I describea cylindrical ame as the preferable form, it will be readily understoodthat it may, if preferred, by of square, elliptical, or other shapesuitable to adapt it to surround or envelop the pipe B.

F F represent arms for supporting either a cylindrical or globularchimney. It is proposed to make the said arms with springs orknuckle-joints, which will adapt them to bend upward to allow thechimney to pass and then alord a rigid support thereto.

Gr is a cup, in which a small quantity of alcohol or other combustiblematter may be burned to produce heat necessary to start the gas-jetswhen first lighted.

Having thus described my invention, what ,I claim therein as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The supply-pipe B, when arranged, as herein described, to descend withinthe hollow dame produced by a burner, E, surrounding said supply-pipe.

JAMES STRATTON.

Witnesses G. G. EVANS, DANE. W. RIDDLE.

